METABASE FOR FACILITATING DATA CLASSIFICATION
First Claim
1. A method for managing electronic data in one or more storage devices, the method comprising:
- receiving from a journaling module an index of data interactions made by one or more applications to one or more data objects on at least one storage device;
processing the index to identify at least one data interaction with at least one of the data objects;
obtaining the metadata associated with the at least one data interaction; and
storing the metadata associated with the at least one data interaction in a metabase.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for managing electronic data are disclosed. Various data management operations can be performed based on a metabase formed from metadata. Such metadata can be identified from an index of data interactions generated by a journaling module, and obtained from their associated data objects stored in one or more storage devices. In various embodiments, such processing of the index and storing of the metadata can facilitate, for example, enhanced data management operations, enhanced data identification operations, enhanced storage operations, data classification for organizing and storing the metadata, cataloging of metadata for the stored metadata, and/or user interfaces for managing data. In various embodiments, the metabase can be configured in different ways. For example, the metabase can be stored separately from the data objects so as to allow obtaining of information about the data objects without accessing the data objects or a data structure used by a file system.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for managing electronic data in one or more storage devices, the method comprising:
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receiving from a journaling module an index of data interactions made by one or more applications to one or more data objects on at least one storage device;
processing the index to identify at least one data interaction with at least one of the data objects;
obtaining the metadata associated with the at least one data interaction; and
storing the metadata associated with the at least one data interaction in a metabase. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for managing electronic data in a network environment, the system comprising:
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at least one storage device configured to store one or more data objects;
a journal file populated by a monitoring module, the journal file comprising a list of data interactions between at least one application and at least of one of the data objects;
a classification module configured to process the journal file to identify at least one data interaction with at least one of the data objects, the classification module being further configured to obtain the metadata associated with the data object; and
a metabase comprising a plurality of records, at least one record storing the metadata associated with the data object. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system for managing electronic data in a network environment, the system comprising:
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means for receiving from a journaling module an index of data interactions between at least one application and one or more data objects;
means for processing the index to identify at least one data interaction with at least one data object;
means for obtaining metadata associated with the at least one data object; and
means for storing the metadata, wherein the metadata in said means for storing is separate from the at least one data object. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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